back pay

1. (countable, uncountable) A withheld payment for work which has already been completed, or which could have been completed had the employee not been prevented from doing so.
2. (countable, uncountable) Pay received by an employee from an increase awarded retrospectively, and backdated.

Etymology

From back + pay.

Synonyms

back salary

back wages

Translations

Nachzahlung

αναδρομικές αποδοχές

rappel

rappel de salaire